Aevo Review
Fees and liquidation tiers published, code unverified
of 10
Aevo publishes a standard taker fee of 0.08% and maker 0.05%, hourly funding with its formula, and a tiered liquidation fee from 1% to 5% with maintenance margins by market. No open-source core repository or named audit could be verified.
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Maker/taker
0.05% / 0.08% standard
Funding
Hourly, premium index plus clamped interest
Liquidation fee
1% tier 1, 3% tier 2, 5% pre-launch
Maintenance margin
3% ETH/BTC perps; 48% pre-launch
Licence / audits
Not verified
Scores
Each criterion carries equal weight. The overall score is the average of these 5 scores — (8.0 + 8.0 + 2.0 + 2.0 + 7.0) ÷ 5 = 5.4.
Pros
- Standard fees published: 0.08% taker, 0.05% maker, with tiers available
- Funding paid hourly with the premium-and-clamp formula published
- Liquidation fee published by tier: 1%, 3% and 5%
- Maintenance margin stated: 3% for ETH and BTC perps, 48% for pre-launch futures
Cons
- No open-source core contracts repository could be confirmed; the SDK licence endpoint returned 404
- No auditing firm is named on the pages reached
- The clearest documentation was found in an aggregated text dump rather than structured pages
Well-documented trading terms
Aevo publishes standard fees of 0.08% taker and 0.05% maker, hourly funding with the same premium-plus-clamp structure used across this category, and a liquidation fee that rises by tier from 1% on established perps to 5% on pre-launch futures. Maintenance margin is stated at 3% for ETH and BTC perps and a much higher 48% for pre-launch markets — a sensible reflection of their risk, and useful to see published.
The code and audits are the gap
No open-source core contracts repository could be confirmed, and no auditing firm is named on the pages we reached. For a derivatives venue those are significant omissions, and they hold the licence and audit scores down despite genuinely good trading-terms disclosure.
How it compares
Drift
Apache-2.0 core; live docs now serve a fork
Jupiter Perps
Fees documented, core program closed
Gains Network
Granular fee schedule, core licence unconfirmed
Paradex
Low maker fee published, wider docs unreachable
Orderly Network
Apache-2.0 core with three named auditors
Ostium
MIT-licensed with six named audit reports
GMX
Imbalance-based fees, five named auditors
dYdX
AGPL-licensed core with a published liquidation cap
Hyperliquid
Hourly funding and liquidations documented in full
Sources
Scored from published primary sources rather than hands-on use. Every figure above comes from one of the pages below, on the date shown. Manufacturers change prices and specifications without notice — if something here no longer matches the source, tell us and we will correct it.
- 1.Aevo — perpetuals fees — checked
- 2.Aevo — full documentation (funding and liquidation) — checked
Frequently asked questions
What are Aevo's perpetual fees?
A standard taker fee of 0.08% and maker fee of 0.05% of notional, with additional fee tiers available.
How often does Aevo charge funding?
Funding payments are made every hour, using a premium index plus a clamped interest-rate term.
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